JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE

For more than two decades, the series of NASA Great Observatories may have revealed more about the secrets of the cosmos than had been accomplished in the preceding history of astronomical exploration. The next great history-making observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), will soon continue this exciting scientific adventure. Please join our next Hangout, when our regular moderators, Tony Darnell and Harley Thronson, will discuss with Paul Geithner and Jonathan Gardner, both at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, current plans and schedule for this next step in humanity’s understanding of its place in the cosmos. Learn more about the science of JWST here: Cosmic Dawn: The Science of JWST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApSxA_B_uss Seeing Beyond: The James Webb Space Telescope: https://youtu.be/ah6KrqABzmk Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Astronomers all over the world are eagerly awaiting the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The infrared space telescope, which will carry the largest astronomical mirror ever flown in space is one of the most complex observatories ever built. It will allow unprecedented science, including investigations into the atmospheres of exoplanets and the formation of galaxies, addressing fundamental questions in astronomy. The mission is an international collaboration between NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency, and is planned for launch in 2021 on a European Ariane 5 rocket. Learn more about the JWST: http://bit.ly/ESAJWST ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe

How do planetary systems start? Webb will seek these answers.

Dr. Amber Straughn describes how the James Webb Space Telescope will reveal a part of the early universe not yet seen before. The video is available for download here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12676 Credits Lead Producers: Sophia Roberts (AIMM) Michael McClare (KBRwyle) Cinematographer: Rob Andreoli (AIMM) John Caldwell (AIMM) Animators: Josh Masters (USRA) Brian Monroe (USRA) Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA) Interviewees: Amber Straughn (NASA/GSFC)

How do we learn about a planet's atmosphere with a telescope like the James Webb Space Telescope? This animation explains the science of breaking light into "color" - spectroscopy - to study the chemical make up of the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and L. Hustak (STScI)

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest telescope ever sent into space. It is the result of efforts from NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency and will peer to the edges of the visible universe. This video highlights some of the Webb’s most impressive facts. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Sophia Roberts Music: Expanding Time and Space by Daniel jay Nielsen This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12803

Building the James Webb Space Telescope is challenging. It is NASA's most ambitious and complex space science observatory. The mission required 10 new technologies to be invented, the dedication of hundreds of scientists, engineers and technicians testing and retesting each component. It is by no means easy, but the telescope is so incredibly powerful that major findings are expected in nearly every branch of astronomy. It is worth the wait. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Producer, Writer, Editor: Sophia Roberts Videography: Sophia Roberts, Michael McClare This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12987

In this episode, the verdict is in. After reading and responding to the independent review of the James Webb Space Telescope mission, NASA announced today a new launch date and an updated cost analysis. It looks like JWST will launch on March 30, 2021 and will cost an additional billion dollars, bringing the total cost of the mission to 9.5 billion dollars. Read the Independent Review Board Report and NASA's response here: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/webb_irb_report_and_response_0.pdf Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed yet again. Gizmodo reports NASA has moved the target launch from May 2020 to March 2021. The telescope has been plagued by delays and budget increases since its inception in 1996. An independent review in April 2018 found five kinds of problems, including human errors, “embedded” problems not identified during testing, lack of experience, excessive optimism, and the system complexity. The latest delay will add $800 million to the telescope’s development cost. It is expected to launch in 2021. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-delays-james-webb-space-telescope-yet-again-commi-1827177557 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit Tech using http://wochit.com

Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, and John Mather, senior project scientist, comment on an independent review board’s findings on the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb is now targeting March 2021 as a new launch date, after the board assessed delays in integration and testing. NASA and the board unanimously agree that Webb can still achieve mission success.

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest telescope ever sent into space. It is the result of efforts from NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency and will peer to the edges of the visible universe. This video highlights some of the Webb’s most impressive facts. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Sophia Roberts Music: Expanding Time and Space by Daniel jay Nielsen This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12803 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Or subscribe to NASA’s Goddard Shorts HD Podcast: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/iTunes/f... Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/

The Hubble Space Telescope has been in space for 28 years, producing some of the most beautiful and scientifically important images of the cosmos that humanity has ever taken. But let’s face it, Hubble is getting old, and it probably won’t be with us for too much longer. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is in the final stages of testing, and WFIRST is waiting in the wings. You’ll be glad to know there are even more space telescopes in the works, a set of four powerful instruments in design right now, which will be part of the next Decadal Survey, and helping to answer the most fundamental questions about the cosmos. Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio Video Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/bh/podcast/universe-today-video/id794057165?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/video What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - [email protected] Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001 References: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/784_Planetary_Science_Decadal_2013-2022.pdf https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2130/coronagraph-explanation-2-minutes/ http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1417/ https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1407/new-planet-imager-delivers-first-science/ https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1404/a-four-planet-system-in-orbit-directly-imaged-and-remarkable/ https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1015/flower-power-nasa-reveals-spring-starshade-animation/ https://wwwastro.msfc.nasa.gov/lynx/ http://sci.esa.int/cosmic-vision/55111-the-hot-and-energetic-universe/ https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/firs/ https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/luvoir/

Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! In this episode, more bad news coming out of the James Webb Space Telescope Mission, specifically, Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Redondo Beach California. Apparently stuff is falling off the sun shield and engineers are trying to figure out the cause. Link to this story: http://spacenews.com/jwst-suffers-new-problem-during-spacecraft-testing/ Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Space Fan News Background Music by Colour the Landscapes: https://colourthelandscapes.bandcamp.com/ Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

The shiny, new James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch soon, but what’s going to happen to Hubble? How Big Do You Think This Spacecraft Is? Guess Again... - https://youtu.be/CRe7G7WMj0Q Read More: How Will the Hubble Space Telescope Die? https://www.space.com/29206-how-will-hubble-space-telescope-die.html “While Hubble is healthy now, the telescope — a joint project of NASA and the European Space Agency — is not immortal. Serious problems could conceivably crop up in a number of different Hubble systems.” The James Webb Space Telescope Will Truly Do What Hubble Only Dreamed Of https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/01/10/the-james-webb-space-telescope-will “The James Webb Space Telescope will teach us an incredible amount about the Universe, including further details about how stars form, what the earliest stellar populations look like, will show us gas giants and rogue planets in unprecedented detail and will tell us what made up the Universe at any given time in the past.” Webb vs Hubble Telescope https://jwst.nasa.gov/comparison_about.html “Webb often gets called the replacement for Hubble, but we prefer to call it a successor. After all, Webb is the scientific successor to Hubble; its science goals were motivated by results from Hubble.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Athena Brensberger for writing and hosting this episode of Seeker! Check Athena out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astroathens

Want a TESS t-shirt and support Deep Astronomy? Go here: https://teespring.com/stores/deep-astronomy Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! In this episode: NASA announced today that the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble’s successor, is now officially the Just Wait Space Telescope: it will not launch before May 2020. Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Space Fan News Background Music by Colour the Landscapes: https://colourthelandscapes.bandcamp.com/ Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

In this week's questions show, I wonder if the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to find satellites around other stars, what my favorite sci-fi FTL method is, and why can't we see Mars as a bright object in the sky? Check out Abby's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabX4I5PLAu0I05gN0ZgrKw Sign up for my weekly email newsletter at: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - [email protected] Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001 Disinclined Tostate Hi, Fraser! Love the channel. 🙂 Will the James Webb Telescope be able to see evidence of artificial satellites around exo-planets, should any exist? Would there be a certain size or composition requirement for JWT to spot them? And how awesome would that be?! 🙂 Matt Gibson Fraser, if you could pick any FTL travel method from any show or movie and have it be a reality and give it to humanity, which would you pick? Some examples include Elite Dangerous, Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Star Gate... ect... Cherotal Hey Fraser, I have a question about the birth of solar systems. If there is less mass in the gas cloud which collapse to a star system it will form a red or brown dwarf. Is it possible that a gas cloud with very little mass collapse and form a star system where the central body didn't light up? Will these "no-star" systems send out any radiation or light we can measure? Thanks in advance and thanks for all the great video content. Ed Chartrand I’m fascinated by the images depicted in films such as Star Wars where characters look up into space on far off planets where there are multiple moons practically filling the sky or one moon that is massively larger than what our moon appears in reality here on earth. Are these types of visuals actually possible on planets from a physics perspective? Can a moon be so close to a planet that it takes up that much of the sky and yet still have a stable orbit? Michael K I thought the ISS has some micro-meteorite protection and doesn’t just trust in pure luck? Jim Becker Fraser, I was just looking at a photo released by NASA from the Curiosity Rover which "includes Earth as the brightest point of light in the night sky". So why can we seem to be able to see Earth from Mars but can't see Mars from Earth with the same ease ?? DrewLSsix Could a hobby level astronomer benefit from combining two decent smaller telescopes to make an effectively larger binocular telescope? Like two one hundred ish mm combined into an effective two hundred ish unit? I ask because you can buy a pair of the smaller units for a couple hundred.... while a 200+mm scope is many many times more expensive! Flynn Bryant Hey Fraser, my question is, what is the criteria for questions that you answer in the comments compared to those which you select for your videos? Thanks for the tremendous effort you put in! Izuriel Palanayukei Hi Fraser! I've heard you mention books in passing before. Do you have a list of sci-fi books you recommend? Like Seveneves by Neal Stephenson or EON by Greg Bear? Big ole' sci-fi novels with or without aliens! Thanks! - Izu Scot Washburn Why couldn’t we use lasers to push the orbiting debris out of earth orbit? Seth McKay Hey Fraser! Your production schedule looks to be quite full with universe today, guide to space, Q&A, astronomy cast, etc (not to mention spending time with family). How do you organize and stay on schedule? Seems like you have would have to be really organized to stay on schedule as well as not end up working all day. I also have several different hats and need to organize better. Guest Question: Stefán Atli Þorvaldsson how can i become an astronaut if i am not from a big country like the USA, Russia or the EU

Engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston spun NASA's James Webb Space Telescope around like a record on Jan. 10, 2018, before orienting it in a horizontal position in preparation for its upcoming move to Northrop Grumman in California.

Webb in Three Acts: The Telescope, The Science, The Legacy Klaus Pontoppidan, Bonnie Meinke, and Alexandra Lockwood, Space Telescope Science Institute NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is expected to launch in spring 2019 and will be the premier infrared space observatory of the next decade. It promises to observe everything from planets in our solar system to galaxies over 13 billion light years away. With the Science and Operations Center of this Great Observatory right here at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore will continue and grow as a hub for exciting scientific discovery and innovation. Come find out about what we’re doing, how we’re doing it, and who is doing it in this overview of the Webb Mission. Host: Dr. Frank Summers Recorded live on January 16, 2018 at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD USA For more information: http://hubblesite.org/about_us/public_talks/

This 360 video was taken before NASA's James Webb Space Telescope left NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in May 2017. Look around to see engineers at work inside the cleanroom, and for several plaques with information about the cleanroom and about Webb telescope!

Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! As many of you know who’ve been following SFN for a while know that this video series was started in January 2011 during the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Well this week finished the one for 2018 and here is a roundup of stories I found most interesting. The people with the American Astronomical Society call their winter meeting the Superbowl of Astronomy and while that may be a bit hyperbolic, it is an exciting time for astronomers. They get to announce some of their most exciting work during this meeting and while I have been to several, lately I’ve had to watch them from afar. But I do hope to start live streaming from them again one day. So in the spirit of SFN, I’m going to give you a brief roundup of some of the latest research that came out this week from the world of professional astronomers from around the world. There was so much released this week that there is no way I can cover all of it in a 10 minute or so video, so I’m keeping it to those things I found most interesting. Links to the stories: http://news.fnal.gov/2018/01/dark-energy-survey-publicly-releases-first-three-years-of-data/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/webb-telescope-s-houston-highlights https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2018-004 http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2018-04 http://www.caltech.edu/news/citizen-scientists-discover-five-planet-system-80989 Exoplanet Explorers: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ianc2/exoplanet-explorers Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Space Fan News Background Music by Colour the Landscapes: https://colourthelandscapes.bandcamp.com/ Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Members of the media were invited to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Jan. 10, to hear about the results of recent cryogenic vacuum tests on the James Webb Space Telescope, and the next steps on the observatory’s path to space. Webb was tested as a complete optical system in Chamber A at Johnson, which mimics the space environment the telescope will experience during its mission. Built in 1965 to conduct thermal-vacuum testing on the Apollo command and service modules, Chamber A is the largest structure of its kind in the world and is a listed National Historic Landmark. The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier infrared space observatory of the next decade. Webb will help to solve mysteries of our solar system, look to distant worlds orbiting other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, the ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency. This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0110_%20NASA%20Discusses%20Recent%20Testing%20of%20the%20James%20Webb%20Space%20Telescope.html

P. Ferruit - ESA In anticipation of the first JWST Call for proposals in late November 2017, the European Space Agency is organizing a series of workshops to engage and inform the astronomical community. The first workshop held at ESA's European Space Astonomy Centre (ESAC) in Madid, Spain, 4-6 October 2017, showcased the capabilities of the JWST science instruments, their observing modes and expected in-orbit performance. The main goal of this second workshop was to provide ample hands-on experience with the various tools supporting preparation and submission of proposals. Among them the Target Visibility Tool, the Exposure Time Calculator and the Astronomy Proposal tool (APT).

D. Karakla - STScI In anticipation of the first JWST Call for proposals in late November 2017, the European Space Agency is organizing a series of workshops to engage and inform the astronomical community. The first workshop held at ESA's European Space Astonomy Centre (ESAC) in Madid, Spain, 4-6 October 2017, showcased the capabilities of the JWST science instruments, their observing modes and expected in-orbit performance. The main goal of this second workshop was to provide ample hands-on experience with the various tools supporting preparation and submission of proposals. Among them the Target Visibility Tool, the Exposure Time Calculator and the Astronomy Proposal tool (APT).

Many people familiar with space exploration know about the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble has enabled us to peer into neighboring solar systems, while also helping us map out our universe. With the creation of the James Webb Space Telescope, it looks like the Hubble won’t be alone in pursuing that task. Watch to learn more. Follow Me: https://twitter.com/CatechismYT Feel Free to Donate: https://www.patreon.com/Catechism If you enjoyed the video please hit that like button. Also, remember to subscribe for more videos just like this one. Sources: https://www.space.com/21925-james-webb-space-telescope-jwst.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/04/05/how-much-gold-is-in-the-james-webb-space-telescope/#775a350969e5 https://jwst.nasa.gov/public.html Background Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifboMY8ezgA Images: https://nai.nasa.gov/articles/2016/6/30/where-is-the-habitable-zone-for-m-dwarf-stars/ https://jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov/pages.ashx/643/James%20Webb%20Space%20Telescope%20primary%20mirror%20prepared%20for%20testing https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Webb_Space_Telescope_(14742910940).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ESO-Infrared_Halo_Frames_Newborn_Star-phot-26a-03-normal.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SDSS_spectrograph_cartridge.JPG https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/482511main_jwst_lg.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schematic_diagram_of_the_history_of_the_Universe.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/103885main_image_feature_241_jwmodel.jpg https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/spitzer/20140129/spitzer20140129-full.jpg https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/system/news_items/main_images/194_485059main_GJ581g_FNLa_full.jpg https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/system/news_items/main_images/123_ssc2009-09b_Sm.jpg https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/system/news_items/main_images/191_astrobio_award.jpg https://jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov/Images/jwst_20170515_1.jpg https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/system/news_items/main_images/207_EarthlikeExoplanets_0722sm.jpg

About 1 million miles away from the nearest eye surgeon, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will be able to perfect its own vision while in orbit. Though the Webb telescope will focus on stars and galaxies approximately 13.5 billion light-years away, its sight goes through a similar process as you would if you underwent laser vision correction surgery to be able to focus on an object 10 feet across the room. In orbit at Earth’s second Lagrange point (L2), far from the help of a terrestrial doctor, Webb will use its near-infrared camera (NIRCam) instrument to help align its primary mirror segments about 40 days after launch, once they have unfolded from their unaligned stowed position and cooled to their operating temperatures. Laser vision correction surgery reshapes the cornea of the eye to remove imperfections that cause vision problems like nearsightedness. The cornea is the surface of the eye; it helps focus rays of light on the retina at the back of the eye, and though it appears to be uniform and smooth, it can be misshapen and pockmarked with dents, dimples, and other imperfections that can affect a person’s sight. The relative positioning of Webb’s primary mirror segments after launch will be the equivalent of these corneal imperfections, and engineers on Earth will need to make corrections to the mirrors’ positions to bring them into alignment, ensuring they will produce sharp, focused images. Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/james-webb-space-telescope-s-laser-focused-sight Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center: Eric Villard (InuTec, LLC): Writer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Producer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Producer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Video Editor This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12753 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Or subscribe to NASA’s Goddard Shorts HD Podcast: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/iTunes/f0004_index.html Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Twitter https://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ · Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/ · Google+ https://plus.google.com/+NASAGoddard/posts

Dr. Stefanie Milam, the JWST Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science at NASA, presents on the James Webb Space Telescope. Dr. Milam's Bio: https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/stefanie.n.milam JWST Links: https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. How was that mission chosen over all the others? NASA has begun four concept studies of exciting major space observatories that could launch sometime in the coming couple decades. Who will determine what astronomy science goals will be the highest priorities for the 2020s? How is this done and how are the missions chosen to achieve those goals? Please join our regular hosts, Tony Darnell, Alberto Conti, and Harley Thronson, as they discuss with Drs. John O’Meara (Saint Michael’s College) and Joel Parriott and Ashlee Wilkins (both at the American Astronomical Society) which among many alternatives the most exciting science and most capable space astronomy missions are identified and, eventually, chosen.

Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Looks like the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed for 5-8 months. As sad as that makes me, I'm ok with it if it means a successful launch and mission. There's also news from LIGO and Virgo as it detects another black hole merger. The Parker Solar Probe will also launch next year and there's an update on the amazing new heat shield that will protect the spacecraft from the Sun. Finally, the European Space Agency's Rosetta Spacecraft to the comet 67p sends back a surprise image. Here are the links to this week's stories: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-james-webb-space-telescope-to-be-launched-spring-2019 https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20170927 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/parker-solar-probe-gets-its-revolutionary-heat-shield http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/59618-unexpected-surprise-a-final-image-from-rosetta/ Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/ Follow DeepAstronomy on Google+ http://google.com/+DeepAstronomy http://google.com/+TonyDarnell We also have a great Google+ Community, come share your thoughts and join the discussion! https://plus.google.com/communities/109849939648748938781t

Engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston used light waves to align the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror segments to each other, so they act like a single, monolithic mirror in the cryogenic cold of the center’s iconic Chamber A. Part of the Webb telescope’s ongoing cryogenic testing in Chamber A at Johnson includes aligning, or “phasing,” the telescope’s 18 hexagonally shaped primary mirror segments so they function as a single 6.5-meter mirror. All of these segments must have the correct position and correct curvature; otherwise, the telescope will not be able to accurately focus on its celestial targets. To measure the shape of the Webb telescope’s primary mirror, engineers use a test device called an interferometer, which shines a laser down onto the mirror. Because the mirror is segmented, it requires a specially designed interferometer, known as a multi-wavelength interferometer, which allows the engineers to use two light waves at once, explained Lee Feinberg, optical telescope element manager for the Webb telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The interferometer splits the laser light into two separate waves. One of these waves goes through a lens and reflects off the primary mirror; the other wave acts as a reference. The reflected wave interferes with (meets) the reference wave, and engineers analyze the combined wave that results from that interference. “By analyzing the interference signal, engineers determine the mirror shape and the alignment of the mirrors,” explained Feinberg. When the engineers need to adjust the positions and shapes of the mirror segments to achieve precise alignment, they use the seven actuators (tiny mechanical motors) attached to the back of each one of the mirror segments. For each segment, six of these actuators are placed into groups of two, at three equally spaced points along the outside of the mirror (to adjust the segment’s position), and one is attached to six struts that are connected to each of the hexagonal mirror segment’s corners (to adjust the segment’s shape). More James Webb Space Telescope videos at http://www.spacetv.net/james-webb-space-telescope/ Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

In this week’s question show, Fraser explains why James Webb can’t be repaired if anything goes wrong, why we even need space telescopes in the first place, and his favorite methods of zipping around the Solar System. Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIt... Chad Weber - [email protected] Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001

"Hubble Deep Field" Amazing Images(full documentary)HD: https://youtu.be/vY9H7zAofmA Hubble on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope Hubblesite.org Videos: http://hubblesite.org/videos/science Comparison of telescopes and distance observed: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Hubble_Probes_the_Early_Universe.jpg James Webb Telescope information: https://jwst.nasa.gov/orbit.html Hubble Space Telescope Deep Field Images: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/?search=%22Deep+Field%22 Pluto viewed by Hubble versus New Horizons Probe: http://wwwcdn.skyandtelescope.com/wp-content/uploads/Pluto-HST-NH-comparison.jpg Size comparison of Hubble versus JWST: http://i.imgur.com/0PcZsy5.jpg Webb Conversations: It's All About Infrared - Why Build the James Webb Space Telescope: https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/webb-conversations-its-all-about-infrared-why-build-the-james-webb-space-telescope -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/skylias

LIKE AmericaSpace on Facebook! - www.facebook.com/AmericaSpace.org The James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest telescope ever sent into space. It is the impressive result of efforts from NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency and will peer to the edges of the visible universe. This video highlights some of the Webb’s most impressive facts. Webb is scheduled to launch atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at the edge of the Amazon, in October 2018. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - AmericaSpace.com / For A Nation That Explores TWITTER and INSTAGRAM: @AmericaSpace .

The James Webb Infrared Space Telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, is getting ready for a 100-day freeze. It will undergo a deep freeze or a cryogenic test to make sure it can function in the cold of deep space. (May 31) Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Get updates and more Breaking News here: http://smarturl.it/APBreakingNews The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. AP’s commitment to independent, comprehensive journalism has deep roots. Founded in 1846, AP has covered all the major news events of the past 165 years, providing high-quality, informed reporting of everything from wars and elections to championship games and royal weddings. AP is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information. Today, AP employs the latest technology to collect and distribute content - we have daily uploads covering the latest and breaking news in the world of politics, sport and entertainment. Join us in a conversation about world events, the newsgathering process or whatever aspect of the news universe you find interesting or important. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress http://www.ap.org/ https://plus.google.com/+AP/ https://www.facebook.com/APNews https://twitter.com/AP

May 2017 marked the end of an era for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center because the James Webb Space Telescope has moved to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Webb has been at Goddard in some form for 21 years. And with the completion of the acoustic, vibration and center of curvature tests, the telescope part of the Webb spacecraft was finally ready for the next big test - the cryogenic vacuum test in the Apollo-made-famous Chamber A. Transporting Webb is a carefully choreographed dance. For the move to Johnson, the telescope was placed into a climate-controlled container called STTARS (Space Telescope Transporter for Air Road and Sea). A truck then slowly moved the large container during the night to Joint Base Andrews where it was loaded into a C-5 cargo airplane. The container is so tall that some power lines and traffic lights were moved. After a flight to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, Webb was driven to Johnson. Webb was unpacked in Houston's Chamber A cleanroom and preparation for testing commenced. Download the video here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12610 Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Producer: Sophia Roberts Music Credit: Zen Patio composed by Alexandre Prodhomme and Eddy Pradelles [Killer Tracks]

A throwback to March, when we performed acoustic testing on the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA Goddard. Because rockets are loud and vibrate a lot, we simulate the effect that will have on a spacecraft, to be sure it will survive the ride to space. We did vibration tests first - but we also did acoustic tests, where Webb was blasted with sound. Learn more with this video. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The video has no audio narration. Download available here: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12581

Dr Becky Smethurst discusses the James Webb Space Telescope, often described as the successor to Hubble. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Main images, file videos and animation courtesy of NASA/ESA/Arianespace Learn more about JWST at https://jwst.nasa.gov Brady's Telescope Tours: http://bit.ly/telescopetours Space Camera: https://youtu.be/sg8i7_46kQY More about Hubble: https://youtu.be/U-VtdUqK4Eg Lagrange Points: https://youtu.be/mxpVbU5FH0s Additional editing in this video by Luke Mazurek Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We're on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at http://twitter.com/sixtysymbols This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics Dr Smethurst's fellowship is supported by The Ogden Trust. More about Becky: https://youtu.be/xMNbDLHdZnY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sixtysymbols Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran http://www.bradyharanblog.com Email list: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9

Emily Calandrelli investigates how the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will revolutionize our understanding of the universe.

Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. Stringent testing is underway to prove the James Webb Space Telescope can handle an Earth-shaking take-off and still capture the universe’s first light while deeply ensconced in the hyper-cold of space.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is currently being tested ahead of its scheduled 2018 launch. NASA astrophysicist Amber Straughn updates Space.com’s Sarah Lewin on where they are with the testing and what she hopes we can learn about the Universe from the Hubble Space Telescope’s scientific successor. Credit: Space.com / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / edited by @SteveSpaleta

Inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the James Webb Space Telescope team completed the environmental portion of vibration testing on the telescope. A shaker table subjects satellites like Webb to the vibration that comes from rocket to ensure the spacecraft will survive the ride into space. The new vibration test system simulates the forces the telescope will feel during the launch by vibrating it from five to 100 times per second. For more information about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, visit: www.jwst.nasa.gov or www.nasa.gov/webb. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Michael P. Menzel This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12546 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Or subscribe to NASA’s Goddard Shorts HD Podcast: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/iTunes/f0004_index.html Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/ · Google+ http://plus.google.com/+NASAGoddard/posts

During her 2017 public lecture at Perimeter Institute, NASA scientist Amber Straughn provided a behind-the-scenes look at the James Webb Space Telescope, the powerful successor to Hubble, set to launch in 2018. Watch the whole lecture: https://insidetheperimeter.ca/new-era-astronomy-amber-straughn-public-lecture/

During her 2017 public lecture at Perimeter Institute, NASA scientist Amber Straughn provided a behind-the-scenes look at the James Webb Space Telescope, the powerful successor to Hubble, set to launch in 2018. Watch the whole lecture: https://insidetheperimeter.ca/new-era-astronomy-amber-straughn-public-lecture/

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In her public lecture at Perimeter on March 1, 2017, Dr. Amber Straughn of NASA provided a behind-the-scenes look at the James Webb Space Telescope. Watch more Perimeter public lectures: https://insidetheperimeter.ca/discover/public-lectures/

The Hubble Space Telescope has completely revolutionized our understanding of the universe, and has become a beloved icon of popular culture. As revolutionary as Hubble has been, we have pushed it to its scientific limits in many ways. Hubble’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, has been in the works for almost two decades and is scheduled to launch in late 2018. It will be 100 times more powerful than Hubble. In her Perimeter Public Lecture, Dr. Amber Straughn will provide an update on the progress of building the world’s largest-yet space telescope, and will give an overview of the astronomical questions we hope to answer with Webb. These questions get to the heart of what it means to be human: Where did we come from? How did we get here? Are we alone?

Super telescopes are coming! Thanks to The Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this episode of Space Time. Try a 30 day trial of The Great Course Plus at http://ow.ly/Fxt1306GoOa NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is now 27 years old, but a new generation of telescopes are on their way. Find out about the James Webb Space Telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. You can further support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Get your own Space Time t­shirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBi Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime Help translate our videos! https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g The telescopes of tomorrow will see in infrared and ultraviolet. They will peer through space and scan across time. They will allow us to find new supernovae, spot potentially hazardous asteroids, better understand dark energy and peer into the earliest moments of space time. Previous Episode The Geometry of Causality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFrISfN7jo Written by Alexandra Yep and Matt O’Dowd Hosted by Matt O’Dowd Produced by Rusty Ward Graphics by Grayson Blackmon Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) Resources: The James Webb Space Telescope https://jwst.nasa.gov The Giant Magellan Telescope https://www.gmto.org/ The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope https://www.lsst.org Comments Answered by Matt: Louis Anthes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFrISfN7jo&lc=z12pcp34szazy1qqz04cgvpg0sjnivjq0to0k QED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFrISfN7jo&lc=z131xd1xbrihsrdm3231i5fr0sz1yb2ff Special thanks to our Patreon Big Bang, Quasar and Hypernova Supporters: Big Bang Henry Van Styn David Nicklas Quasar Jelle Slaets Tambe Barsbay Luna IT Solutions Hypernova CoolAsCats Chuck Zegar Craig Peterson Jordan Young Ratfeast John Hofmann Thanks to our Patreon Gamma Ray Burst Supporters: Michael Peanut-Karmi Bernardo Higuera Erik Stein Daniel Lyons Avan & Kyan Griggs Jade Bilkey Kevin Warne JJ Bagnell J Rejc Michael Fischer Dylan Merida Amy Jie Anthony Caridi Avi Goldfinger Corey Smeaton John Pettit Shannan Catalano Florian Stinglmayr Yubo Du Benoit Pagé-Guitard Ronny Polonia Nathan Leniz Jessica Fraley Kirk Mathews Loro Lukic Carl P. Corliss Brandon labonte David Crane Greg Weiss Eric Jackson

On March 1, 2017, join NASA's Amber Straughn for an inside look at the James Webb Space Telescope, which launches in 2018 and will be 100 times more powerful than Hubble. How to watch the live Perimeter Institute webcast: http://insidetheperimeter.ca/a-new-era-in-astronomy-amber-straughn-public-lecture

While two football teams will be put to the test at Super Bowl LI in Houston, engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are testing the most powerful space telescope ever built, the James Webb Space Telescope. To demonstrate all the shaking, quaking and super-chill temperatures the Webb telescope is going through, Goddard engineers did similar tests - with a football. Being launched on a rocket creates high levels of noise and vibration, and once in orbit the Webb telescope will have to function under extreme temperatures. So NASA engineers are doing vibration, acoustics and other tests to ensure that the Webb telescope will function properly. Once in orbit about 930,000 miles (1.5 million km) from Earth, the Webb telescope will provide images of the first galaxies ever formed and explore planets around distant stars. It is a joint project of NASA, ESA (the European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Michael McClare Music: tba For more information: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12493 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Or subscribe to NASA’s Goddard Shorts HD Podcast: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/iTunes/f0004_index.html Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/ · Google+ http://plus.google.com/+NASAGoddard/posts